Shloka 32

Devanagari script

उज्छं मूलं फलं शाकमुदपात्रं तपोधना: । दानं विभवतो दत्त्वा नरा: स्वर्यान्ति धार्मिका:,तपस्याके धनी धर्मात्मा पुरुष उज्छ (बीने हुए अन्न), फल, मूल, शाक और जलपात्रका ही अपनी शक्तिके अनुसार दान करके स्वर्गलोकमें चले जाते हैं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | ucchaṁ mūlaṁ phalaṁ śākam udapātraṁ tapodhanāḥ | dānaṁ vibhavato dattvā narāḥ svaryānti dhārmikāḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—ดูก่อนผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยตบะ! ชนผู้ตั้งมั่นในธรรมย่อมถึงสวรรค์ได้ด้วยการให้ทานตามกำลัง แม้สิ่งที่ให้จะเป็นเพียงข้าวที่เก็บตก รากไม้ ผลไม้ ผัก หรือภาชนะใส่น้ำก็ตาม

Word by Word

उच्छम्gleanings (picked-up grains)

मूलम्root

फलम्fruit

शाकम्vegetable/greens

उदपात्रम्water-vessel

तपोधनाःascetics (whose wealth is austerity)

दानम्gift; giving

विभवतःaccording to (one's) means/wealth

दत्त्वाhaving given

नराःmen; people

स्वर्यान्तिgo to heaven

धार्मिकाःrighteous

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

tapodhanāḥ (ascetics/sages)

udapātra (water-vessel)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charity is judged by dharma and intention, and by giving in proportion to one’s capacity. Even the simplest offerings—gleaned grain, roots, fruits, vegetables, or water—can lead to heavenly merit when given righteously.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses ascetic listeners and states a general dharmic principle: righteous people attain higher worlds through acts of giving, emphasizing modest gifts offered sincerely and within one’s means.